Week 8 Ocean Odyssey The Deep

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Goal:
Learn about The Deep -- trenches, etc...
Introduce axles and motors

AGENDA

Name for Orca: Flipper!


Videos
National Geographic video about someone who went to the deep (Mariana Trench)

Here's the intro:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/habitats-environment/habitats-oceans-env/cameron-deepsea-mariana/

whole series, I think... this one counts down the feet and landmarks as he goes down (2 minutes)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/habitats-environment/habitats-oceans-env/cameron-how-deep/

Deep underwater ocean volcano eruption
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/environment-news/west-mata-submarine-volcano-vin/

3 minute video about the trench, smoke chimneys etc:
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/planet-earth/videos/deep-ocean-sea-vents.htm

Deep sea animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrr3JzFmq4E

Why deep sea animals glow
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/animals-news/bioluminescence-sea-life/

Watched some random videos about angler fish

PAINT things that are found in A TRENCH

Introduce Axles and Wheels:

CHALLENGE: Create a wheel barrow that can carry the big heavy brick -- with only one wheel


Then we introduced motors....!!!!